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I get a kick out of listening to geeks trying to impress other geeks with acronym-laden techno-babble. Sometimes I’ll introduce realistic sounding gibberish just to see if they’re paying attention - and sharp enough to catch it ;’)


9 posted on 06/06/2015 8:26:05 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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> I get a kick out of listening to geeks trying to impress other geeks with acronym-laden techno-babble. Sometimes I’ll introduce realistic sounding gibberish just to see if they’re paying attention - and sharp enough to catch it ;’)

Hint: it's only babble to those unfamiliar with the lexicon. Financial folks, lawyers, medical researchers, all have their lexicons of "techno-speak" and acronyms.

What actually happens when you "introduce realistic sounding gibberish" is NOT that you fool any actual technical people, you only fool the poseurs.

Gibberish is easy to spot; it makes you sound like a typical, ignorant, marketing suit. Which (I assume) isn't what you were trying to accomplish. ;-)

12 posted on 06/06/2015 8:50:48 AM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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